Supreme Court· 5/13/1963

Namet v. United States

Citations

373 U.S. 179
83 S. Ct. 1151
10 L. Ed. 2d 278
1963 U.S. LEXIS 2622
11 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 2039

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knowing that witness will invoke the Fifth Amendment yet asking questions that incriminate witness and defendant constitutes prosecutorial misconduct where adverse inference of defendant's guilt results
noting inferences raised by questions that witnesses declined to answer were at most cumulative and not prejudicial
noting that it is reversible error for the prosecution to cross-examine a witness about the prior invocation of the Fifth Amendment privilege when the purpose is to “build [the Government’s] case out of inferences arising from the use of testimonial privilege”
allowing the government to ask some questions of witnesses who had invoked their privilege against self-incrimination
discussing two theories that may support reversible error grounded on introduction of witness’s claim of Fifth Amendment privilege
characterizing United States v. Maloney, 262 F.2d 535, 537 (2d Cir.1959)

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Judges: Stewart, Black, Douglas

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